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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1928
Page
11
In San Antonio reports the trial court hearing on Voter returns and possible grand jury action continues. District Attorney Seeligson questions evidence while Wurzbach and McCloskey returns are examined for vote discrepancies. Witnesses include county clerks and commissioners as canvass figures show shifts and alleged vote changes.
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In a probe stemming from the November 6 general election, Bexar County officials were questioned over alleged election law violations amid a tight race for the Fourteenth District congressional seat. Capt. C. W. Titus, the chief deputy, was on the left. County Commissioner Frank Sommers on the right as figures cited in the inquiry.
County clerk Jack Burke testified Saturday that his official tally favored Wurzbach by 600 votes in the Wurzbach McCloskey election probe. Seated beside Burke is court reporter E O McHett. Judge W W McCrory of the 14th District Court led the inquiry into discrepancies in the vote count.
Testimony details how precinct totals shifted from initial clerk counts to final commissioner canvass. McCloskey gains across precincts. Werzbach loses. Rechecks occurred Thursday and Friday, with ballots kept in steel box and vault under county judge and Republican club scrutiny.
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Incomplete testimony discusses sealed envelopes and who opened them. Commissioners and presiding judges appear unrelated recipients and charges. The record references Cor ington and Frank Som mers as commissioners and questions who had charge of the county.
District Attorney questioned witnesses about custody and handling of envelopes. Testimony described several envelopes not sealed and opened at the scene, with flipping flaps unpenned and most not torn. Officials noted uncertainty over how many were open and who last had them.
In a courtroom session the district attorney questions witnesses about tally sheets, overages, and the handling of ballots at precincts. Witnesses describe memoranda kept, timing of tally completion, and whether returns matched county clerk records as the investigation unfolds.
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